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    "localId": "10750",
    "label": "Tsuba with a Dragon Ascending Through Mist Clutching a Jewel",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.186"
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    "id": "10750",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.186",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with a Dragon Ascending Through Mist Clutching a Jewel",
    "description": "The dragon whose body wraps around this tsuba clutches the pearl of wisdom in his claw. Part of the dragon's body is hidden in mist. This part appears on the reverse of the tsuba.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1670-1774 (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.186",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.2,
            "height": 6.9,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 13/16 x W: 2 11/16 x D: 3/16 in. (7.2 x 6.87 x 0.4 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 安親; [Translation] Yasuchika",
    "med": "shibuichi, gold, crystal, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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